Molecular mechanism of Angelman syndrome in two large families involves an imprinting mutation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-396

  Ohta, T ^a,b   Buiting, K ^c   Kokkonen, H ^d   McCandless, S ^a,b   Heeger, S ^b   Leisti, H ^d   Driscoll, D J ^e   Cassidy, S B ^a,b   Horsthemke, B ^c   Nicholls, Robert D ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0033070151     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302232     Document Type: Article

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